---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public records; extend repealer on provision requiring public access to records."
description: "Public records; extend repealer on provision requiring public access to records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2809"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2809 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountability", "Efficiency", "Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blount"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9824d9de-1708-432f-bcd5-6b22347af1c9"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/Senate_authors/Blount.xml"
source_hash: "2a3cd3af837fbe18fb6ee6cec57ac35a6914756d39b89c61dcbaa321506adc7f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi SB 2809 (2021) — Public records; extend repealer on provision requiring public access to records.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2809IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2809PS.htm)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2809CS.htm)
4. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2809SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blount — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9824d9de-1708-432f-bcd5-6b22347af1c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).